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U. Of 0. library Camp. Sugane, Oregon Tramara Asks Overseas ?eMef Fwiiddl : V ji MUST BE A POLE CAT No pampered, spoiled feline is "Tapper. pet of the fi remen of this Roxbury, Mass., firehouse. Tapper likes action and always responds to the fire bell. Here he comes down fireman style. Maurice Downey (right), is Tapper's trainer. Bloody Struggle for Power In India Expected to Follow Termination of British Reign LONDON, Feb. 21. JP The British government left squarely up to feuding Hindu and Moslem leaders today the question of wheth er India intends to win independence in bloody civil war or through peaceful negotiations by the time Britain ends her reign over the rich sub-continent 16 months hence. Prime Minister Attlee told the , world yesterday that Britain in tends to pull out of India by June, 1948, and at the same time ap pointed Admiral Lord Mountbat ten, a great grandson of the first British empress of India, as vice roy to liquidate 200 years of Brit ish rule. Some empire-minded conserva- (Cnntln.ied on Phot- RW In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS THE Farmers Market in Los An geles '(dealt with In these chronicles' yesterday) was In the beginning only a twitch In the brain lobes of a couple of first class screwballs. Now it is a uni que and immense establishment. In Its stalls and its shacks and its kiosks, almost any want the human system is capable of har boring can be satisfied. You can get a hamburger sandwich with or without. If you want your por - trait done in oil, you can be ac commodated. This writer has noted as yet no maternity hospitals, or even any diaper laundries. But, at the oth er end of the cycle, you can pro vide yourself with beautiful flow ers to be laid upon your casket and if you chose to have a head stone chiseled here there can be little doubt that an artisan would be forthcoming to handle the transaction for you. As for any desire between dia pers and dissolution well. If they can't take care of it today they'll probably be able to by the end of the week. That's the way the Farmers Market is run. ONE pregnant thought in clos ing. From his hunger-ridden start to the present multiplication of his achievements, Dahljem has In sisted upon QUALITY. In the first ,- week, a ruddy chlseler came In with a half dozen baskets of nice tomatoes picked that dewy morn ing, sold them pronto and then oozed out and came back In with (Continued on page 21 Randolph Churchill Volleys ' Back at U. of O. Newspaper in Tilt Following Eugene Visit PORTLAND, Feb. 21. UP) Randolph Churchill, son of Eng land's wartime prime minister now States, had his inning last night in his brickbat series with the Unl verslty of Oregon student newspaper, the Dally Emerald. Churchill told a reporter thei Emerald had violated the first precept of Journalism by not printing his version of their tiff, and accused It of "tyranny of the press." The Emerald, following Churchill's appearance at the uni versity, said he did not keep an appointment at a fraternity house reception and asked: "Are we peasants who mut stand in awe when England's goodwill ambassador enters our neck of the woods? The newspaper also said he had a "temper tantrum when an Emerald photographer tried to . get his picture and gave several Egyptian students a "tongue lashing" for "legitimate questions about your attitude toward Egyp- tian independence." Farm Union Lists Batch of Demands ALBANY, Ore., Feb. 21. V The Oregon Farmers Union elect ed officers and passed 30 resolu tions last night at the close of the annual convention. The organization endorsed a Columbia Valley authority, then expressed opposition to the fol lowing legislative proposals: The Highway Department's "throughway" bill; the business tax; the sales tax; county plan ning and jtonlng; a bill to in crease state and county officials' salaries without popular vote. All "anti-labor" legislation also was opposed. The group urged that the "most favored nation" clause be elimin ated from international treaties, and asked that restriction be placed on agricultural imports. Also proposed were a general building and Improvement pro gram for state institutions; a 25 per cent cut in sugar quotas for beverage manufacturers and a corresponding increase for house holders; repeal of the rural school district law, and an amend ment making the office of Pub lic Utilities Commissioner non partisan. Ronald Jones, Brooks, was re elected president. Barking of Dog Saves Family From Flames PORTLAND, Feb. 21. (JP) A 15-month-old mongrel dog was credited today with saving the lives of a family of four. Named Mopsy, he awoke the family by barking when smoke began to fill the house. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Michaelis awoke in time to prevent flames from spreading into their daughters' room. Indian Service Lists Douglas Timber for Sale PORTLAND, Feb. 21. UP) The U. S. Indian Service will open bids In Salem March 11 on approximately 29,000,000 board feet of timber owned by Indians near Slletz and in the Anlauf and Elkhead districts of Douglas County. The timber is appraised at $102,000. on a speaking tour of the United Churchill said he was too press ed for time to appear at the re ception, which he blamed on "ri diculous mismanagement on the part of the local people. He added that the photograph er had not asked permission tr take pictures at dinner, and said he posed later. Of the Egyptian students he said he had answered quesitons until the subject had been ex i hausted, then asked what would have been Egvpt s f.v? of "Brit. : ish blond had not been split at El Alameln?" "They came around afterward and shook hands," he said. Churchill added that at no place In the 41 slates he has visited had he received such Inhospitable treatment. Established 1873 Maulers Better Chance For Smaller Buyers Sought County Court's Assent May Quash Recall Plan; Bond Order Appreciated By JEROME SHELDON News-Review City Editor Sale of county-owned timber only by sealed bids and in tracts of 160 acres or less were urged In a five-point resolution adopt ed at the meeting of truckers and loggers at the Eagles Hall last nignt. Originally called to further pro test the $500 cash bond required for log hauling permits, the meet ing turned into a discussion of the county s timber sales policies. The militant truckers and loggers were taken somewnat by surprise by the County Court's decision yesterday to rescind the contro- versai. $duu cash bond order. H. V. Johnson, the Eugene at torney retained as counsel for the log truckers, came prepared to speak against the cash bond re quirement. That it was revoked was accepted as an Indication ot the difficulties the court would have in collecting for road dam ages from any one trucker. Beckley Addresses Meet County Commissioner Lynn V. Beckley, who attended the meet ing, explained the county's tim ber sales policies as now pract ised. Contracts for the sale of coun ty-owned timber, as now drawn, have no provision for reforesta tion, he pointed out. This was seen by loggers at last night's meeting as "contrary to the sus tained yield program." Beckley also said timber Is sold to "large operators" with the understanding they are to start reforestation on ' logged off tracts. Since title to the land is given up in county timber sales. the court cannot enforce sustain ed yield measures, it was stated. The resolutions adopted last night were seen as a means of giving the "small operator" a chance to purchase county tim ber. The resolutions urged the adoption of the sealed bid meth od of timber sales, with all sales to be advertised. At present, tim ber sales are negotiated with the County Court. An Informed source told the News-Review this morning that if the resolutions are accepted by the County Court, the current re call move against County Judge D. N. Busenbark and County Commissioner H. B. Roadman will be dropped. following are the resolutions (Continued on Page Six) Boy Puts Baby in Hot Stove; Death Results SALEM, Ore.. Feb. 21. UPh- The four-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Reynolds of ine baiem farm LAbor camp died last night from burns which Sheriff Denver Young said were received wnen a b-year-old neigh bor boy put her into a hot cook stove. The baby's mother said she had gone to a neighbor's house, and had left the baby lying on a bed. When she came back, the baby was in tne stove, sherllf Young quoted the woman as saying. xoung estimated tne baby nad been lying on the glowing coals for 10 mniutes. The baby died five hours after she was put In the stove. Georgia's White Primary Bill Facing New Fight ATLANTA. Feb. 21. t-Her-man Talmadge signed yesterday the controversial white primary bill designed to keep Negroes away from Democratic party bal lot boxes. The measure, taking primaries from under state control and making them party affairs, ap pears headed for an early court test. Georgia branches of the Na tional Association for Advance ment of Colored People will meet here today to map their fight on its constitutionality. Plane Pilot Fined For Disturbing Waterfowl CAMDEN, N. J., Feb. 21i P1 A $25 fine has been Imposed on Thomas B. Stables on a charge of unlawfully stirring up mlgra tory waterfowl by means of an aircraft. Federal District Judge Thomas M. Madden, in sentencing the 23-year-old former Army fighter plane instructor yesterday, de clared that "sometimes I think there are not enough people left who are close enough to nature." Any similar defendants, said Judge Madden, "will get the book." Urge Timber Sale Policy Boy Hangs Himself With Leash of His Missing Canine Pet CHICAGO, Feb. 2.-t!P Joey Craig's best present last Christ mas was a black mongrel puppy, the first dog the 13-year-old boy ever owned. Joey and "Blackie" were Insep arable companions. The boy nev er went to play In the crowded stockyards district without taking "Blackie." The dog always wait ted for his young master outside school. Many nights Joey let "Blackie" sleep with him. Yesterday the dog was missing when Joey came home from school. The boy and his two young sisters and some of his pals searched the neighborhood but they couldn't find "Blackie." Back home Joey went into his bedroom and told his sisters, Mary, 10, and Norma Jean, 7. "When I knock you come In." After several minutes when there was no knock the girls opened the door and found their broth er's body hanging from a closet door. Joey had looped "Blackie's" leash around his neck and attach ed it to the top of the door. A fire department inhalator squad worked unsuccessfully to relieve the hoy. Police notified Joey's parents, Leonard, and An na, both ot whom were at work. Los Angeles Blast Dead 15; Toll May Rise LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21. UP) After a night spent probing be neath glaring searchlights, police today fixed the death toll from the city's worst explosion in 37 years at 15. Of the 158 injured sufficiently to require hospitaliza tion, several were feared dying. The one-story brick plant of the J. J. O'Connor Corp. at 932 East Pico Blvd., a mile from the center of downtown Los Angeles, blew apart in a blinding flash of chemicals at 9:45 A. M. yesterday. But it was hours before a clear picture of the disaster could be pieced together. Acid Detonation Blamed Police and fire officials finally agreed that it was caused by the detonation of perchloric acid, an extremely unstable substnee kept under pressure in refrigeration because at room temperature it is a seething, heavy liquid. But how the acid was set off re mained a mystery. Most of the victims of the city's worst blast since the Los An geles Times dynamiting killed 20 men in 1910 were in the plant or adjacent heavily damaged build ings, although a 10-year-old Negro riding his bicycle several blocks away died under a plumcttlng piece of metal. Four houses were almost com plete wrecks, windows were bro ken in sou witnin a mile s ramus, glass shattered as far distant as 70 blocks, the entire downtown district was jolted as If by earth quake, sending terrorized citizens to telephones, quickly jamming police and newspaper lines. CIO Oil Workers O. K. Pact With Companies LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21. (.P) Workers registered 97 per cent approval today of an agreement between two major oil compan ies and the CIO Oil Workers In ternational Union, and definite end to a strike threat which would have curtailed both trans portatlon and natural gas heat ing in five Western states ap peared assured. The first group of 1,000 work ers to ballot on a pact reached yesterday alter an all-night con ference among federal conclllat ors, oil companies and union ne gotiators, gave It an overwhelm ing margin. It porvides: A Ill-cents an hour increase on base pay, plus a $17.70 per month cost of living boost until next Dec. 31. Effective date would be last Jan. 1. Inspection of Tracks Sought by Rep. Ellsworth WASHINGTON, Fev. 2l!Pt Interstate Commerce Commission supervision of Inspection of rail road tracks to prevent train wrecks due to faulty rails was proposed In legislation offered yesterday by Rep. Ellsworth of Oregon. "There Is no law, hence no rules or regulations Issued by the commission with respect to the Inspection and maintenance of wide, never was tested to capacity ral.road tracks," Ellsworth told a!ln Germany because that country reporter. Macks sufficient concentration of 'The commission hat iurlsdlc- nnwer and adenunte Ions rtttnce tlon over everything else about ; transmission lines. The Bonne railroads and trains from thelvlUe Power Administration has whistles down," he said "and I .both, and the test will be made hope that its Jurisdiction over tracks will prevent wrecks due to faulty rails. Several recent tragic railroad accidents have been at tributed to track defects." ROSEBURG, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 1. 1 947 Worst Snow In Year Grips Eastern Area 'By the Associated Press) At least three persons were dead as the heaviest snowstorm In years gripped the East today, closing schools, snarling trade and slowing business and indus try. Snow depths ranged up to 19 inches In Lee County, Virginia. In I New York City, where the weather bureau anticipated a 12 inch fall by noon, one man died of a heart attack after shoveling snow. Two deaths attributed to the storm were reported in Pennsylvania. Snow, whipped by strong winds, coniiued to fall through the morn Inn In most sections, drifting across highways and railroads which were heavily blanketed during the nlgh. The storm extended from Maine Into North Carolina, hut hooe of abatement for the middle Atlantic states came with reports that the storm was reduced to flufries in Wesern Pennsylvania. In New York City the weather busVau said the snow was expect ed lo be a foot deep by noon. It was the worst storm since March 7 9J 1941, when 12.1 inches of snoVv fell. A task force of 8,000 workers struggled to clear New York streets, working in 35-mile-hour winds that whipped among the skyscrapers. '-.' Missing Boys Slept In Woods The experience of those who wandered outside was dramatical ly highlighted in Nottingham, N. Y., where two boys, three and Continued on Pise 6) Building Permit Won, After CPA Stop Order . ! Suit filed bv the Civilian Pro duction Administration against Max C. Swall, charged with un authorized construction ot a drive in restaurant on Highway 99 two miles south of Roseburg. has been dismissed from the federal court t Portland. Attorney Spencer Yates, counsel for the defendant. was Informed today. swan receivea a stop oraer from the CPA last November, but continued his construction and occupancy of the building. CPA filed suit, but the case was dismissed by Federal Judge Claude McCulloch. Authorization for construction was obtained on appeal to Wash ington, following two rejections by the CPA. Newspaper Suspends Ads In Shortage of Paper DETROIT, Feb. 2t. (m The Detroit News announced In a page one box today that all display and classified advertis ing will be omitted from Its edi tions next Mondav Tuesday and Wednesday because of a newsprint shortage. "The scarcity of railroad care shd the severe weather in areas where paper Is produced," the News said, "have held up badly needed shipments. Thus the News' stock of newsorlnt available In Detroit hat dwin dled to dangerously low levels. "There are prospect of im provement In the situation soon." The Weather Cloudy tonight and Saturday; warmer tonight. German-Developed Circuit Breaker Slated for Test in Bonneville-Coulee Sysfem By GORDON MacNAB VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. break the flow of power In the transmission system tonight as circuit breaker seized from the Nazis. A momentary flicker will be the only effect In homes and Indus trial plants of the Pacific Northwest If all goes well but American equipment manufacturers may find this year's designs blown Into obsolence. If It works, power interrup tions on long distance lines may he lessened and utility companies dealing In hltrh voltages may be able to eliminate a costly, trouble some procedure. The circuit breaker. 14 feet hli?h, 35 feet long and 12 feet at Its J. D. Ross tub-station north of here. S. E. Schultz, Bonneville chief engineer, tavt that in a non-technical way, thlt it the situation: Scheduled Boosts in Pay Of All State Officials Receive, Committee O. K. By PAUL W. HARVEY, JR. SALEM, Ore., Feb. 21. UP) A officials was adopted today by the which said it was worked out in states. Heading the list Is the governor, who would get $10,000 a year, compared with $7,500 now. In addition, he would get $100 a month for expenses. Five other officials would get $7,500. They are the secretary of state and treasurer, who would get a $2,100 boost; the attorney gen eral, who would get $2,500 more; the public utilities commissioner; who already gets that much, and the state highway engineer, who would get $300 more. Third Plane Lost In Oregon Region EUGENE, Ore.. Feb. 21. UP) forlorn search began today for the third airplane to disappear this winter into the scattered mountains of Southern Oregon. Aboard the light, slngle-engin- ed craft was a pilot Identified ns uougias uocKe, terrying tne Av ion four-placer from Los Angeles to Beaverton, Ore. Like the others, his disappear ance was not reported at once be cause of his failure to file a, flight plan. He took off from Red Bluff, Calif., last Sunday afternoon, say ing he would land here or at Lakeview. Three hours later the airport here heard a plane re port it was lost. That was the last heard. Missing in previous flights are Vemon Coulter and his mother, both Portland, lost after taking off from Red Bluff last October, and Robert Lee Rubottom, Me- Minnvllle. Ore., lost after leaving Kiamatn f ans, ure., Jan. ill. - Private fliers and army search rescue units from McChord field. Wash., and Hamilton Field, Calif, are expected to aid when the weather allows them to fly. Courts-Martial Make-Up May Soon Include Gl's WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. UP) Members ot the House armed services committee today promis ed speedy action on Army pro posals for changing the articles of war to meet criticism that mil itary justice is loaded against en listed men. Secretary Patterson said the war department favors amend ments which would (1) legalize appointment of Gl's to serve on courts-martial, now the preroga tive of officers only: (2) end the mandatory sentence of death or life imprisonment for rape, and (3) protect courts-martial from high-ranking outside pressure. Rival Police Units Fight In Manila; Trio Wounded MANILA, Feb. 2.f!P) Three Manila policemen were wounded today in a gun fight with Philip pine army military police who, the Manila police said, opened fire with machineguns because they resented being Questioned. The battle occurred in Quezon Citv, Manila's eastern suburb. Only the arrival of civilian police reinforcements stopped the fight. Manila residents recalled a two day battle In 1920 between Manila police and the former Philippine constabulary, which later became the military police command. They said neither side had forgot ten tnat anair. 21. IIP) A thundering crash will far-flung Bonneville-Grand Coulee engineers test a German-developed A circuit breaker It just anoth er name for a switch, wnen householder flicks off the lights. he breaks a current of some 15 amperes at 115 volts. The switch often arcs or sparks slightly. The German circuit breaker will If It works break cur rent of 8.500 amperes at 220.000 volts and the "spark ' will nc a hllndlnr flesh whnw crash will sound like the crack of a thun derbolt. 'park Big Question Mark That "spark" Is one of the nuet tlon marks. American circuit (Continued on Page Six) 44-47 Changes uniform salary schedule for state Joint ways and meana committee. relation to what is paid in other The committee also approved the state police salary bill, intro duced by Speaker John Hall nri already passed by the House. Hall had charged that the committee was attempting to bury the bill, which provides large Increases for all state police officers. The state health officer would be boosted from $G,720 to $7,000. The following officials would get $6,600 a year, their increases ranging from $600 to $1,800: su perintendent of public instruction, liquor administrator, public wel fare administrator, budget direc tor, tax commissioners, unem ployment compensation and in dustrial accident commissioners, state forester, director of agricul ture, state police superintendent, and superintendent of state hos pital. The following would get $6,000 a year: superintendent of Fair view home, superintendent of tuberculosis hospitals, deputy state hospital superlntedents, state engineer, adjutant general. In Lower Brackets These officials would get $5,520 a year: labor commissioner, prison warden, game supervisor, unemployment compensation ad ministrator, industrial accident administrator, director xt vet erans affairs, secretary of retire ment, deputy secretary of state, deputy public utilities commis sioner, deputy state treasurer, su perintendent of banks, corpora tion commissioner, insurance commissioner, master fish war den, superintendent of geology and mineral industries, state printer, and deputy superintend ent of Fairview home. The assistant adjutant gen eral's salary would remain $5,400. Here are those who would get $-1,800 a year: secretary of the board of control, land board secre tary, secretary to the governor, state librarian, parole director, real estate commissioner, assist ant budget director, assistant su perintendent of banks, fish com mission secretary, and manager of the racing commission. The following would get $4,200 a year: deaf school superintend ent, boys training school superin tendent, assistant veterans af fairs director, secretary of board of medical examiners, deputy prison warden, secretary of aero nautics, post-war planning secre tary, blind school superintendent, and Hill Crest schooj superintend ent. The committee said the In creases would cost $56,640 a year, of which $39,640 would come out of the general fund, and $17,100 paid by self-sustaining departments. The state police salaries would be raised as follows: Recruit. $1,200 to $1,800: pri vates, $2,4Cv to $3,300; sergeant, $2,700 to $3,600; lieutenant. $2. 820 to $3,900; captains, $3,600 to $4,500; deputy superintendent, $4,0110 to $6,000; and superintend ent, $5,000 to $6,600. To Enlarge Highway Board Taking care of Eastern Oregon objections, the House State and Federal Affairs Committee rec ommended passage of a bill to Increase the size of the State Highway Commission from three to five members. The bill was amended so that two commissioners would be from Eastern Oregon, and three (Continued on page 3) Explosion, Fire Destroy Truck; 2 Drivers Unhurt GRANTS, PASS. Ore., Feb. 21. UP) Two truck-line drivers es caped Injury when their truck, laden with 50 barrels of paint thinner being shipped from Seattle to Southern California, caught fire, exploded and burned on the Pacific Highway, 10 miles north of here last night. Edgar O. Southard, of Seattle, was at the wheel when his re lief driver, Lyle Smith, of Los Angeles, noticed flame working out from around a rear wheel, state police said. Both men fled to safety before the blaze reached the highly-Inflammable truck load and set off a series of ex plosions at one barrel after an other let go. The truck wai operated for the Lot Angeles-Seattle Motor Trans poitatkm Company. Truck and cargo were reported consumed completely. $350 Million Said Required For UNRRA U. S. Can Not Abandon Needy Freed Countries, Message Tells Congress WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. UP) President Truman asked Con gress today to vote $350,000,000 for relief aid to people of liber ated countries abroad. In a message to the legis lators, the President noted that full scale supply operations by UNRRA are rapidly drawing to a close, and said: "On humanitarian grounds, and in the light of our own self inter est as well, we must not leave the task unfinished. We can not abandon the peoples still In need." UNRRA the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Admin istration - is scheduled to wind up its operations March 31, al though winding up activities under way will continue beyond that date. Mr. Truman's recommenda tlon was only for liberated coun tries. United States relief activi ties in occupied countries, such as Germany and Austria, are fi nanced by the War Department from its appropriations. Onder U. S. Control There have been complaints in Congress about UNRRA's admin istration methods. Some legisla tors contend Ks services have been used to support govern ments uncooperative with the United States. The President made no refer ence to this, but recommended that future United Stales relief, assistance be given directly rather than through an interna tional organization, and "be ad ministered under United States control." Mr. Truman, said the money he asks is designed "for the urgent relief needs for the balance of the year." He added: "The most critical period will be in the spring and summer months, when UNRRA shipments will tease and their harvests are not yet available. "Swift legislative action is necessary if our help is not to (Continued on Page 3) Chained Doors Bar Union Ouster Edict SEATTLE, Feb. 21. UP) Three officials of the Interna tional Boilermaker's Union Lo cal 104 roped and chained their office doors today and defied oth er union officers to oust them under a directive from the Inter national heaquarters at Kansas City. They also refused to yield control of $600,000 union funds. The three-trustee John Grot to, Secretary-treasurer Joe Clan cy and Recording Secretary-dispatcher William Miller were served with the directive last night. Confronted by leaders of the opposition faction this fore noon, they refused to relinquish control. The directive had set uu a trusteeship to govern the local temporarily under Homer Parish, international representative, Van couver, Wash. It named local pre sident Barney Toner at secretary treasurer and vice president and Dan McKillop as dispatcher. Business agent A. F. O'Neill re tained office under the new set up. The factional quarrel recently was taken into superior court when one group sought to pre vent the International from re ttorlng salaries the local had cut. Sendelbach Awarded Damages From Kinnear Reaching a verdict after nine hours and 40 minutes of delibera tion, a Circuit Court Jury last night awarded Joseph E. Sendel bach $3,443.95 from Harry D. Kinnear in general ana special damages In a suit for alleged assault and battery. Originally filed for a total of $50,593.95 against Kinnear by Sendelbach, the figure was pared down by the Jury. Sendelbach al leged that Kinnear "wilfully and maliciously assaulted" him by striking him on the head with a claw hammer last May 8. Serving on the Jury were Carl S. Havens, Roy C. Burks, O. M. Hopple, Kittle Collier, J. Howard Carnes, R. L. Preston, Adelbert Abraham, Clara Frew, Ethel Strong, Theodore Insley, Alice Harrison, and C. H. Ambrose. LaGrande Banishes Slot Machines, Punchboards LA GRANDE, Feb. 21.-UP) Slot machines, plnball machines and punch boards were missing from all public places In La Grande today after City Manager Ed Ford issued orders to city police to halt gambling In the city. Ford was acting on orders from the city commissioners, he said. In the Northwest's frontier per led It wen "54-40 er fight.' And rhythmic sloqem ot teach- ft today Could be "i.400 er strike.' - vity pact ant By L, F. Relzensteln
